October 15 - Saint Teresa of Avila, Doctor of the Church (d. 1582) Mary and the Order of Carmelites His Majesty (God) knows that I have nothing to rely upon but His mercy; as I cannot cancel the past, [...] the world or in the idea that you hold its ways in horror. All this is good, but is not enough... Saint Teresa of Avila, The Interior Castle, Third Dwelling , chapter I, 5-6
October 26 - Beatification of Bartolo Longo, Apostle of the Rosary, by Pope Saint John Paul II, who quoted him five times in his Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae Saved by Mary from certain death
Pompeii (d. 1926) - Saint Faustina Kowalska The Ten Virtues of Mary The Order of the Annonciade (1) was founded by a French princess. At age five, in 1469, the daughter of King Louis XI, Saint Joan of France [...] in 1926. The monastery of Thiais has grown steadily since, adding new communities in the 1970s: - Saint-Doulchard, in Normandy (1988) - Menton, in the Alpes (2000) - Poland* (2009). 1) Annonciade 2) The [...] Mary's patience; X. Of Mary's spirit of prayer. *The Annonciade congregation is closely linked to Saint Stanislaus Papczyński, Polish founder of the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception. See: Marian
September 30 - Visit of Pope John Paul II to Ireland: Knock Church made a Basilica - Saint Jerome, Doctor of the Church (d.420) Our Lady of La Vang welcomes Vietnamese faithful Kerrie Le of Springfield
October 11 – Saint John XXIII (1881-1963) In Ivory Coast, the after-pandemic with Mary! Inaugurated on December 12, 2015, the 7.5 acre Shrine of Our Lady of Mercy in San Pedro, Ivory Cost (Africa), ranks
September 29 - Dedication of Saint Michael the Archangel The earth has given forth its fruit The earth is Mary Most Holy, who comes from our earth, our lineage, from this clay, from this mud, from Adam
September 26 - Our Lady of Graces (Ancona, Italy, 1836) - Saint Therese Couderc, foundress of the Congregation of Our Lady of the Cenacle (Cenacle Sisters, France, 1805-1885) The rich heritage of Our Lady [...] beginning to take on new life after the disarray of the Revolution. When Marie Victoire Couderc (Saint Therese Couderc) was a young woman, her father brought her home from school to participate with her [...] Father Terme noted that the promiscuity in the inns hardly encouraged the pilgrimage to the tomb of Saint Regis, especially for ladies. He then had the idea of opening a pilgrim’s house and retreat center
October 9 - Blessed Virgin of Ephesus (Russia, 988) - Saint John Leonardi, founder of the Clerks Regular of the Mother of God (d. 1609) An eminent agnostic scientist’s opinion on the healing miracles of
September 27 - Saint Vincent de Paul, priest (d. 1660) – Our Lady of Alcazar (Toledo, Spain) – Mary becomes the official patroness of Luxembourg (1666) The Philippines: 21 days of prayer for “national [...] from July 16th, feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, to August 5th, the dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major. In a letter to the priests of the archdiocese, Archbishop Villegas stressed the sense
October 1 - Feast of Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897) Mary is the Virgin of Virgins "Virginity is a profound silence from all cares of this earth, not only from useless cares but from all cares... [...] unique Heart which has no other like it , He finds all that He desires, in it He finds His Heaven!” - Saint Therese of Lisieux Taken from letters written to her sister Celine (1890-1891).
